70 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The following tables show in detail the export trade of the city : 
Exports of fishery products from San Francisco during the year 1888. 
Countries to 
which exported. 
Codfish, 
cured. 
Other cured 
fish. 
Canned salmon. 
Pickled and 
smoked sal- 
mon. 
Other canned 
fish. 
Oysters. 
Other shell- 
fish and crus- 
taceans.* 
Total 
value of 
exports. 
Lbs. 
Dolls. 
Lbs. 
Dolls. 
Lbs. 
Dolls. 
Dolls. 
Dolls. 
Dolls. 
Dolls. 
Dolls. 
18, 054, 804 
2, 054, 353 
2 054 353 
407, 910 
26, 511 
12, 000 
516 
2, 046, 328 
240, 413 
11, 283 
44 
3, 265 
282^ 032 
9; 390 
607 
8, 700 
470 
50 
187 
5, 997 
1, 534 
8] 845 
British East In- 
dies 
17, 250 
1,127 
7. 000 
390 
24, 690 
3,035 
314 
85 
4, 951 
French posses- 
sions 
9, 800 
571 
1, 000 
56 
35, 498 
3, 893 
1, 798 
372 
238 
447 
7,375 
Germany 
100 
100 
China 
48, 450 
2, 851 
297, 010 
16, 878 
121,394 
14, 748 
296 
176 
164, 800 
199, 749 
Japan 
7, 600 
455 
26, 380 
1,397 
21, 395 
2, 588 
195 
83 
739 
5, 457 
Russia 
24 
24 
Mexico 
12, 015 
' 722 
27, 875 
3, 028 
1, 627 
1, 034 
360 
6, 771 
Costa, Rica 
2, 500 
146 
23, 350 
2, 561 
845 
128 
108 
'3, 788 
Ecuador 
66 
85 
151 
Guatemala 
17, 830 
1, 163 
4, 440 
512 
86 
260 
212 
169 
2, 402 
Honduras 
108 
22 
130 
Nicaragua 
240 
16 
1, 456 
172 
323 
184 
695 
San Salvador 
1, 300 
78 
2, 075 
233 
188 
325 
130 
954 
IT. S. of Colombia 
57, 820 
6, 479 
177 
77 
1, 606 
8, 339 
Chili 
7, 771 
7 771 
Hawaiian Islands 
264, 150 
13, 848 
506, 737 
27, 195 
163, 841 
15, 189 
23, 765 
2, 307 
6, 167 
20, 372 
108, 843 
Other islands and 
ports . 
1,000 
57 
40, 290 
5, 014 
2, 934 
267 
193 
182 
8, 647 
Total 
799, 435 
48, 152 
858, 827 
46, 902 
20, 625, 256 
2, 352, 218 
40, 093 
7,432 
14, 888 
201, 692 
2,711,377 
* These consisted mostly of abalone and shrimp, the largest part being shrimp exported by the Chi- 
nese to Hongkong and the Sandwich Islands. Squid is included uuder “ other cured fish,” it being 
impossible to secure separate figures for that mollusk from the custom-house records. 
Exports of whale and fish oil from San Francisco during 1888. 
Whither sent. 
Sperm oil. 
Whale and fish oil. 
Australia 
Galls . 
Dolls. 
Galls. 
44, 510 
71,405 
147, 237 
17, 067 
1,061 
5, 302 
496 
Dolls. 
12, 370 
12, 569 
33, 128 
4, 876 
312 
1 , 280 
99 
England _ . 
France 
Hongkong 
Hawaiian Islands 
560 
369 
Mexico 
Philippine Islands 
Total 
560 
369 
287, 078 
64, 634 
Monthly exports of fishery products from San Francisco, exclusive of salmon, in 1889. 
Month. 
Codfish. 
Minor species of 
fish, squid, etc. 
Value of 
oysters. 
Value of 
abalones 
and 
shrimp. 
Total 
value of 
exports. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
January 
72, 042 
$4, 292 
59, 700 
$3, 223 
$1. 990 
$13, 282 
$22, 787 
February 
95, 880 
6, 050 
40, 200 
2, 005 
1,116 
28, 398 
37, 569 
March 
113, 840 
7, 144 
28, 300 
1,522 
1,207 
19, 368 
29, 241 
April 
59, 790 
3, 516 
15, 050 
778 
1, 105 
13, 682 
19, 081 
May 
66, 260 
4, 046 
44, 115 
2, 627 
1,757 
19, 508 
27, 938 
June 
37, 790 
2, 080 
246, 250 
14, 367 
1, 380 
41, 276 
59, 103 
July 
39, 460 
2, 100 
46, 800 
2, 586 
1,615 
18, 057 
24, 358 
August 
52, 720 
3, 201 
142,400 
9, 023 
2, 139 
37, 914 
52, 277 
September 
54, 935 
3, 491 
42, 600 
2, 382 
1,489 
17, 203 
24, 565 
October 
57, 690 
3, 545 
83, 150 
4, 665 
2,217 
20, 183 
30, 610 
November 
58, 840 
3, 860 
37, 750 
2, 070 
1,883 
11, 391 
19, 204 
December 
60, 470 
3, 620 
28, 550 
1, 563 
2,129 
8, 689 
16, 001 
Total 
769, 717 
46, 945 
814, 865 
1 
' 46,811 
20, 027 
248, 951 
362, 734 
The exports of canned salmon amounted to 479,123 cases, valued at about $2,635,200. 
